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Today’s blog post comes from the inimitable Roc: Feedback is crucial to your CrossFit journey. Having a coach give you feedback is one of the many reasons you come to the gym. Getting an analysis of your movement pattern can better help you in diagnosing weak areas or troublesome movements. Once you have this feedback…

Let’s be honest. You don’t do CrossFit because you’re looking to get fit, stay healthy, or lose a few pounds. You’re here because you want to be a ninja. But how does one become a ninja? I’m glad you asked: 1. Wear black Everyone knows ninjas are sneaky. Everyone also knows that sneaky people wear…

Thanks to everybody who came out for our snatch clinic last night. We had a lot of fun, and a lot of folks came away with a better understanding of the lift and how they can get better at it. For information on our future seminars/clinics, click here. Our half-marathon group will meet again on…

Don’t forget about our snatch clinic tonight at 6 p.m.! The snatch is the most complex movement that we do with a barbell, and spending some time focusing on perfecting this skill will pay off big-time in terms of improved coordination, balance, agility, and general badassness. We’ll spend the first part of the session going…

Don’t forget — squat clinic tomorrow (Wednesday) night at 6:00 p.m.! Be there or be square! At our nutrition seminar a couple of weeks ago, we drew a framework for thinking about nutrition on the board. It looked something like this: The basic idea here is that you can break down how we think about…

Don’t forget about our Snatch Clinic on Wednesday evening at 6:00 p.m. All the cool kids will be there! I hit two big personal records this week. On Thursday, I set a new deadlift PR of 500 pounds. On Sunday, I ran the fastest mile of my life: 5:46. Neither of these numbers is exceptional…

Remember, anyone interested in running the Sarasota Half Marathon should meet at the gym on Sunday at 2:00 p.m.! One of the most common concerns for people starting CrossFit from an endurance training or mainstream fitness background is, “Is this really enough work?” It’s hard for some people to wrap their heads around CrossFit’s “less…

Today’s blog post comes from Roc: A lot of folks ask me about supplementation and if I recommend anything that would benefit them in their performance. I usually tell them that you should try to get as much as you can from your diet. On the other hand, if you are searching for a little…

Some days, you just feel like shit. It seems like everything is going wrong. You miss your alarm. You spill coffee on yourself on the way to work. Your boss yells at you for not completing a project on time. You forgot to pack your lunch. Just when it seems like the day couldn’t get…